Implementing a School Prevention Program to Reduce Injuries Through Neuromuscular Training

NAUnknownINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

1,067

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 1, 2014

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2018

Study Completion Date

August 30, 2020

Conditions
Wounds and InjuriesAdolescentAthletic InjuriesSport InjurySports Injuries in Children
Interventions
OTHER

Neuromuscular training program

This is a 15-minute warm-up program designed to be implemented at the beginning of junior high school physical education classes. This warm-up is comprised of 15 components; nine of which are aerobic exercises (forward running, forward run with skipping, forward run with knee lifts, forward run with heel kicks, sideways shuffles, zigzag running, forward running with intermittent stops, speed runs, and squat/skate jumps), and six of which are balance/strengthening exercises (front plank, side plank, nordic hamstring exercise, lunges, balancing on the wobble board, and balancing on foam balance pads).

OTHER

Standard-of-practice Warm-up (Control)

This is a 15-minute warm-up program designed to be implemented at the beginning of junior high school physical education classes. This warm-up is comprised of 16 components; seven of which are aerobic exercises (forward running, forward running with arm swings, side shuffling, lunging, skipping, arm running with arm swings, and cool-down running), and nine of which are static stretching exercises (standing quadriceps, standing hamstrings, standing calf, standing groin, rotating ankle, lunges, standing shoulder, standing triceps, standing neck).

Sponsors
All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Alberta Innovates Health Solutions

OTHER

collaborator

Calgary Board of Education

OTHER

collaborator

Calgary Catholic School District

OTHER

collaborator

Ever Active Schools

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collaborator

Policywise for Children and Families

UNKNOWN

lead

Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre

OTHER